Work rules lighten Ohio, Licking County welfare rolls

Sep. 28, 2012

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Despite campaign claims that work rules for welfare have been gutted, thousands of Ohioans have left the program's rolls largely because of those rules.

An analysis by The Dayton Daily News found the No. 1 reason people went off welfare is because officials are taking a harder stance on requiring people to perform work activities as required under law. That includes work, community service or job training for at least 30 hours per week.

In Licking County, the drop in welfare participation almost matched that of the state. ...